Semple Street Glass Box

Well as if the development wasn’t ugly enough the developers are trying to get a glass box on top. The image shows it in all its ugliness. Tollcross Community Council has put in an object to this – see the link below if you wish to object too.

At the time of the original application we were concerned that the building was too high as it did not conform to the building line of the adjacent listed building. We felt that it dominated this listed building. We certainly do not think that adding another floor on top would be advisable as this would make the building even more dominant and would be two floors+ above the building line. It is clear that the original application went for the highest building that the developers thought would be given consent.

Furthermore, we feel that approval of this application would be a bad precedent. Were it to be approved, then almost every developer would apply for more floors when building was underway.

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Community Councils exist across Scotland to keep Councils, Police and the NHS informed about the concerns of local people regarding the services provided and other local issues.

All our meetings are open to the general public who live within the Community Council boundary, and are held on the LAST Wednesday of each month (except July & December), in the Tollcross Community Centre 7.00 - 9.00pm.